Father-and-son writing team Gary and Jim Paulsen pick up where their Road Trip left off. Ben has been invited to try out for a special hockey academy. But Dad wants Ben to catch up to the school field trip instead. So Ben, Dad, and their dogs, Atticus and Conor, jump into their truck. Ben concocts a secret plan to make the tryout, but Atticus and Conor are on to him. Ben and Dad s road trip turns into a wacky adventure full of new friends and surprises.
year: 2015, 2016
call number/section: 1000, 920
subjects: fathers and sons, automobile travel, border collie, dogs, brothers and sisters, father-son relationship, fiction, siblings, hockey
Editions
Paulsen, Gary
Wendy Lamb Books (2015)
Ben and his twin classmates, Charlotte and Jacob, are missing a school field trip, so Ben's father takes them, his new apprentice Brig, and the dogs on an adventure during which Ben manages to try out for a hockey academy against his parents' wishes, and the twins turn the road trip into a learning experience.
Schools: 1
Paulsen, Gary
Although Ben has been invited to try out for a special hockey academy, his dad wants him to catch up to his class's extended school field trip instead. So Ben, his dad, their dogs Atticus and Conor, and two of Ben's classmates set out to join the field trip. Ben attempts to make the tryout anyway, but Atticus and Conor are on to him, and a series of misadventures ensues.
Schools: 14
Paulsen, Gary
Wendy Lamb Books (2016)
Father-and-son writing team Gary and Jim Paulsen pick up where their Road Trip left off. Ben has been invited to try out for a special hockey academy. But Dad wants Ben to catch up to the school field trip instead. So Ben, Dad, and their dogs, Atticus and Conor, jump into their truck. Ben concocts a secret plan to make the tryout, but Atticus and Conor are on to him. Ben and Dad s road trip turns into a wacky adventure full of new friends and surprises.
Schools: 13